音読み: セイ・ショウ
訓読み: きよい・きよめる
画数: 11
部首: 氵（さんずい）
Meaning
Clean / Pure / Purify
- Basic forms
- 清める — to purify; to cleanse / base form
- 清めます — purifies; cleanses / masu form
- 清めた — purified; cleansed / ta form
- 清めて — purify and …; cleanse and … / te-form
- 清めない — do not purify / negative
- 清めれば — if (you) purify / conditional
- 清めろ・清めよ — purify! cleanse! / imperative
- Common expressions
- 身を清める — to purify oneself
- 心を清める — to cleanse one’s heart
- 場を清める — to purify a place
- More
- 清めたい — want to purify / 〜たい form
- 清められる — can purify / potential
- 清めている — is purifying / progressive
清める（きよめる） is an ichidan verb. It means to make something clean or pure, often used in cultural or religious contexts, such as Shinto rituals, as well as in a figurative sense for the mind or heart.
- 清い — pure / clean
- 清水 — clear water / spring water
- 清掃 — cleaning / cleanup
- 清算 — settlement / liquidation
- 清書 — clean copy
- 清潔 — cleanliness / hygiene
A 形声文字. Left: 氵 (“water”), Right: 青 (phonetic). The character conveys clarity, purity, and freshness, often connected to water and purification.
山の清水は 冷たくておいしい。
The spring water from the mountain is cold and delicious.
部屋を 清掃してください。
Please clean the room.
こころを清めて 神社に 参拝する。
Purify your heart before visiting the shrine.
清算 — settlement / liquidation